Gijs Brouwer (born 14 March 1996) is an American-born

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player. Brouwer has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 20 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 22 August 2022. Brouwer has won two

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doubles titles at the 2021 Puerto Vallarta Open with

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and at 2022 Tallahassee Challenger with

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Career

2022: ATP & Major debut & top-50 win, top 150 in singles & doubles

On his

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debut at the 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Brouwer as a qualifier, made the quarterfinals after beating

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and

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. He lost to third seed

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in the quarterfinals. As a result he made his top 300 debut at world No. 286. In May, he reached his first Challenger final at the 2022 Tunis Open losing to Roberto Carballes. He made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open as a qualifier. He recorded his first Major win defeating world No. 45

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. He reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 12 September 2022.

2023: Second ATP quarterfinal & first top-10 win, top 125

Ranked No. 160, after the withdrawal of

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, Brouwer wildcard was promoted into the main draw

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, where he defeated top-50 player

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in the first round. He moved on to his first hard court quarterfinal after fourth seed

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retired in the second set of the match, his biggest, first top-10 win, and only his fifth on the ATP tour. As a result he moved more than 40 positions to a new career high in the top 120 at No. 116 on 20 February 2023. It was the first time a Dutch duo, Brouwer and

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, reached the quarterfinals of the home tournament, since

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and

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in 2003. https://twitter.com/abnamroopen/status/1626689494652014609

Challenger and Future Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Record against top 10 players

Wins over top 10 players

Brouwer has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

References

External links

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